Compound Words - Worksheet

Engaging with compound words can be a delightful way for children to expand their vocabulary and understand how two words can join to form a new meaning. One worksheet invites students to visually pair images to create compound words such as 'butterfly', 'wheelchair', 'football', 'sunflower', and 'rainbow'. Another worksheet challenges students to select the correct word from a list of three to complete a compound word and then circle it. Words like 'hedge', 'foot', 'hog', 'stool', 'hand', 'fish', 'cuff', 'hook', 'eye', and 'moon' are given alongside potential partners to form the compound. Students must discern the correct pairings to complete the task successfully.

Further worksheets provide a mix of visual and written tasks. Students are asked to draw lines to join words together, creating compound words and then matching them with appropriate pictures. For example, they combine 'lamp' with 'post' to make 'lamppost', 'milk' with 'shake' to form 'milkshake', and so on, with other words such as 'sail', 'boat', 'cup', 'cake', 'snow', 'flakes', 'water', and 'melon'. In another exercise, they must identify compound words within sentences and complete given compound words using a word bank. This activity includes words like 'sitter', 'market', 'paste', 'ground', and 'light', which are to be paired with 'home', 'moon', 'water', 'under', and 'week' respectively. These exercises are designed to be both educational and enjoyable, helping students to become more fluent in the use of compound words.